Marchers Walk for Immigration Reform During Sunday's Rally

Judging team travels to
Scotland
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Peace Rally
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What’s
happening in
and around
Postville.......
Heritage Hills
Music Fest is
rescheduled
The Heritage Hills
Christian Music Fest at
Heritage Farm Park in Cler-mont,
IA has been resched-uled
for the weekend of
September 27th. Because
of ongoing efforts through-out
all Eastern Iowa com-munities
in the flood re-covery,
especially the many
youth groups involved with
the clean up, Heritage Farm
Park and the promotions
company has determined
that it would be prudent to
move the festival to new
dates, later in the season.
Every community in East-ern
Iowa has been directly
or indirectly impacted by
the major natural disaster of
flooding this Summer. In
September all college stu-dents
will be back, all High
Schools will be reopened
and there will be a focused
effort to have a renewed
festival. The artists sched-ule
may change slightly.
Please visit the web site at
www.heritagehillschristian-musicfest.
com for updates.
Time to
register
Registration will be
held at Postville Commu-nity
Schools August 12 and
13 from 1-7 p.m. in the
All-Purpose room of Cora
B. Darling School for all
students in grades K-12.
FreedomClub
The FreedomClub so-cial
gathering coffee will be
held at Montauk Thursday,
August 7 from 9-11 a.m.
The deadline to sign-up is
August 5.
Darren Kraus,
right, traveled to
Europe with the
NICC judging
team. See story on
pages one and two.
NICC Dairy Judging team travels to
Scotland for competition there
The Dairy Judging Team
from Northeast Iowa Com-munity
College, of which
Postville’s Darren Kraus is
a member, had an extreme
honor this summer when they
were invited to compete at the
Royal Highland Show, an in-ternational
livestock and agri-culture
show in Scotland.
Other team members are
Megan Kregel of Guttenberg
and Hannah Gesing of Wau-kon.
Adam Knegendorf of
Spring Valley, Wisc. was the
fourth member of the team
but he was unable to make
the trip. Chaperones were
Gary and Darlene Kregel of
Guttenberg.
The invitation came as
a result of placing third last
October at the World Dairy
Expo in Madison, Wisc.
The NICC group, along
with the team from South
Winneshiek High School,
who were also competing,
from Minneapolis, Minn. to
Newark, New Jersey. In New
Jersey they met up with other
livestock teams and they all
flew together on the seven
hour flight to Glasgow, Scot-land.
The team from NICC
judged cattle shown by the
Young Farmers, a group simi-lar
to FFA (Future Farmers of
America) here in the United
States. There were teams
from all over the country,
which included FFA, 4-H and
college students. The judging
took place in outside rings at
the grounds in Glasgow. All
judges were required to wear
white lab coats. Kraus, Kre-gel
and Gesing judged four
classes, gave two sets of rea-sons
and placed fifth overall.
After three educational
and touring days in Scotland,
the group went to Coventry,
England for one night and
London, England for two
nights. They traveled from
London to Paris on the Eu-rostar
“chunnel” train, which
goes under the English Chan-nel
between England and
France. The train, Darren
said, travels at a steady 180
miles per hour. The group
spent two nights in Paris af-ter
which they journeyed to
Luxembourg where the stu-dents
stayed with a host fam-ily
for two nights. Kraus said,
“It was interesting staying at
the farms and while in Lux-embourg,
we got to meet the
Grand-Duc of Luxembourg
(head of state). Each team
presented the Grand-Duc
with a gift that represented
their state.”
The final two nights were
The Postville Childcare
Center has chosen to par-ticipate
in the Quality Rating
System, a voluntary program
that offers providers a guided
way to improve the quality
of childcare being provided.
The QRS was developed to
raise the quality of care in
Iowa, increase the number of
children in high-quality child
care settings and to educate
parents about quality in child
care.
According to director
Katie Hageman, The Cen-ter
in Postville has chosen
to participate in the Quality
Rating System because they
are committed to providing
children in the community
and surrounding areas with
quality child care. By partici-pating
in the QRS, Hageman
said, they will continue to
work toward improving the
quality of care they are able
to provide. A QRS rating, she
added, is in effect for two
years. At the end of the two-year
period, the program will
need to reapply and receive a
new rating.
With each level the Center
achieves, they are increasing
professional development, as
well as attention to environ-ment,
health and safety, and
family and community part-nerships.
The Postville Cen-ter
is currently at a level two
and intend to work toward
applying for a level three
within the next 18 months.
Hageman said, “Each step we
take on the QRS is a testimo-
Postville Childcare Center participates
in quality rating system (QRS)
nial to the wonderful, caring
staff that we have at the Cen-ter.
They deserve a ‘pat on the
back’ for the great things they
do daily.”
Hageman added that resi-dents
and especially families
with young children are in-vited
to come visit the center
at any time to see what they
have to offer.
She said, “We want peo-ple
to know what we are do-ing
at the Center. Stop in and
check us out. We currently
have some openings so feel
free to stop by and check us
out. The children here have
a wide variety of activities to
participate in while they learn
and play in an educational en-vironment.”
Pictured above with the
QRS certificate are Hageman
and assistant director Mindy
Buchheit.
At approximately 2:50 a.m. Thursday
morning, the Allamakee County Communica-tions
Center received a 911 call in Postville
regarding a stabbing at a residence in down-town
Postville. Following the call, Allama-kee
County law enforcement and emergency
personnel were dispatched to 101 E. Tilden
Street.
Upon arrival, law enforcement found Ir-ving
Villarreal, 19, of Postville suffering from
what appeared to be a non-life threatening stab
wound. Villarreal was treated and released at
an area hospital.
However, residents who had congregated
near the scene of the stabbing, told law en-forcement
officers that there was another vic-tim
located in the back of the residence at 242
North Lawler. The second victim, Ricardo
Salinas, 37, was discovered at the residence
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An Allamakee County Deputy sits outside the apartment building on Lawler
Street where two men were stabbed early last Thursday morning.
with what appeared to be a single stab wound.
Salinas was transported to an area hospital
where he was later air lifted to Gundersen
Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisc. Salinas
was listed in fair condition late last week.
Postville Police are looking for a suspect
in the case, Norberto Luna, 47. Luna was
thought to have been driving a green early
1990’s model Ford Aerostar van when he left
the scene. The Illinois license plate number is
9465817.
The three men, Chief Halse said, are ac-quaintances,
who work in Postville, but are
not residents.
Special agents with the Iowa Division of
Criminal Investigation and deputies with the
Allamakee County Sheriff’s office assisted
the Postville Police Department with the in-vestigation
which is still ongoing.
Marchers walk for immigration
reform during Sunday’s rally
A call for immigration re-form,
in the form of a prayer
service and peace walk,
brought an estimated 1,500
to 1,700 people to Postville
Sunday afternoon. Prior to
the walk a standing room
only crowd gathered inside
St. Bridget’s Catholic church
where an ecumenical service
of peace was held. Sister
Mary McCauley of the parish
said the peace walk was being
held as a call for immigration
reform after the May 12 raid
at Agriprocessors. She said,
“We are standing together in
solidarity for those who were
taken from us during the
raid.”
McCauley said the pur-pose
of the march was to call
attention to just labor prac-tices,
with no more raids that
destroy families and destroy
small towns like Postville.
She also said, “Our im-migrant
families are living in
fear. They come to the church
for help and we need to send
a message to the rest of the
country.”
During the prayer service
people worshiped and prayed
together in English, Span-ish
and Hebrew. Among the
participants were Rabbi Rob-ert
Marx, Jewish Council on
Urban Affairs, Chicago; Pas-tor
Mark Anderson, Assistant
to the Bishop, Northeastern
Iowa Lutheran Synod; Jerome
Hanus, OSB Archbishop of
Dubuque; Pastor Steve Brack-ett,
St. Paul Lutheran Church;
Pastor Paul Ouderkirk, retired
Pastor at St. Bridget Catholic
Church; Paul Rael, director of
Hispanic Ministry, St. Bridget
Parish.
Rabbi Marx, speaking
to the worshipers inside the
church and those listening
on the lawn and in the street
said, “We are people of all
faiths who have noble inten-tions;
but, we must do more
than simply gather her and
say that we are the righteous.
We must become righteous
and demand of our country
that the dreams are fulfilled.”
Pastor Mark Anderson
said, “We need to change the
laws so it helps all workers.
People should not have to
chose between what is legal
and what is righteous.”
Two men stabbed; suspect at large
Walkers display their larger than life sign that states their opposition to HR
4437 during the rally Sunday.
Daycare children spend a day on Meyer farm
Children of all ages, from toddlers to middle schoolers, were treated to a “day on the farm”
last Friday thanks to Eric and Tina Meyer and their children Connor and Emily. Tina said,
‘We saw how excited the children were when I took a small farm animal to the Center earlier
this year and decided it would be fun to show the kids country living. During the day the kids
heard stories about farm safety, as pictured above, saw many different farm animals, rode in a
tractorcade, met Dairy and Pork royalty, made pudding, and enjoyed a picnic on the lawn. Help-ing
with the event were members of the Postville FFA, Advisor Nick Zuercher, family, friends
and neighbors of the Meyers. Everyone in attendance agreed it was great fun and the hands-on
learning for the kids was super. The Meyers are to be commended for hosting the group of over
50 kids and showing them true country living at its best.
Immigrants meet with U. S. congressmen Saturday
Democratic United States
Representatives Luis Guti-errez,
Illinois; Albio Sires,
New Jersey and Joe Baca,
California, all members of
the Congressional Hispanic
Caucus, were in Postville
Saturday to visit with immi-grants
who have been deeply
impacted by the May 12 raid
at Agriprocessors.
The children told about
fearing for their lives and be-ing
cared for at the church
while their parents were being
taken to area jails throughout
the state. Many of the women
in attendance at the infor-mal
meeting were wearing
ankle bracelets, as they, too,
were arrested but were later
released to care for the chil-dren.
The trio of congressman
were in agreement that those
arrested and detained should
have been protected by the
American Democracy.
They vowed to do what
they could to help those af-fected
by the raid. All in at-tendance
agreed those arrest-ed
should have been granted
immigration attorneys.
POSTVILLE HERALD-LEADER • WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008 • PAGE 5
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Tieskoetter inducted into honor society
Kayla Tieskoetter, daughter of Randy and Kim Tieskoetter
of Ossian, was inducted into the Delta Epsilon Sigma National
Honor Society and was also announced as a fi nalist for the psy-chology
service award during St. Ambrose University’s annual
student awards night. Tieskoetter graduated this spring with a
bachelors degree in psychology, and is currently enrolled in
the St. Ambrose Master of Occupation Therapy program.
Locals named to Loras’ dean’s list
Local students attending Loras College were recently
named to the spring 2008 dean’s list. Kari Gossling and Krys-tel
Holthaus, both of Ossian, earned the honor.
Area students named to dean’s lists
Cassandra Franzen and Amber Uhlenhake, both of Ossian,
were named to the Kirkwood College dean’s list for the spring
2008 semester. Students must achieve a 3.3 grade point aver-age
or higher.
Mount Mercy College has released their spring 2008
dean’s list. Earning a 3.5 grade point average or better was
April Hageman, daughter of Alvin and Debra Hageman, and
Mikael DeVilbiss, son of Gary and Diane DeVilbiss.
St. Ambrose University also released their spring 2008
dean’s list. Local students included on the list were Mitchell
Nesvik and Kayla Tieskoetter. Both achieved the honor by
earning a 3.5 or better grade point average.
Jamie Burch of Ossian was named to the dean’s list at
Drake University for the 2008 spring semester. Burch achieved
the honor by earning a 3.5 or better grade point average.
Burch accepted to nursing school
Allison Burch of Ossian has been accepted into the practi-cal/
associate nursing program at NICC in Calmar.
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Auditor). Dennis Paul,
Candidate for Allamakee
Supervisor, was unable to at-tend.
News included a word
from the Candidates. Mary Jo
Wilhelm answered questions
from the group about high
gas prices and a fl oundering
economy. John Beard said
he is striving to cut waste in
government and discussed
his support for small busi-nesses,
family farms and en-ergy
conservation. Beard and
Wilhelm have their headquar-ters
located in Decorah at the
Old Armory Building at Me-chanic
and Water Streets.
Colleen Gragg, Candidate
for Allamakee County Audi-tor,
spoke about being born,
raised, and educated in Alla-makee
County. Her maiden
name is Wacker, and she has
lived most of her life in Alla-makee.
She is honored to be a
candidate and if elected, will
represent everyone.
New business included
news that the Iowa Demo-cratic
Veterans are trying to
help Iraq and Afghan War
Veterans with brain injuries.
Gov. Culver and the Demo-cratically
controlled legis-lature
passed a bill to fund
the Veterans’ Trust Fund. For
twenty years the Republican
failed to provide this fund-ing.
Agenda included thanks
to those who volunteered on
May 18 for the Candidates’
Forum; those who marched
in the Memorial Day Parade,
and to the fi ve delegates who
attended the State Democrat-ic
Convention.
In conclusion, a fall fund-raising
Democratic event is
being planned.
Those calling for immi-gration
reform came to Post-ville
from as far away as New
York, New Jersey and Texas
and many more groups were
from other states throughout
the Midwest including Min-nesota,
Illinois and Wiscon-sin.
Several hundred of the
walkers were Jewish people
who wanted to demonstrate
their disapproval of the hap-penings
at Agriprocessors.
The march began as those
attending the prayer service
chanted “Give us courage.
Give us hope. Give us love.”
Other chants heard through-out
the two-mile walk, both
in English and Spanish, in-cluded
“People united cannot
be defeated” and “Yes, we
can.”
At times the air seemed
almost festive and several ob-servers
noted the atmosphere
was reminiscent of the “Taste
of Postville” celebrations of
years gone by.
The majority of people
walking, ranging in ages from
babies in strollers to octoge-narians
using canes and walk-ers,
carried placards calling
for immigration reform within
the federal government. Say-ings
on the placards included
“Love thy neighbor”, “Build
sense, not fences.”
Walkers proceeded from
the parish down Williams
Street to West Street where
they stopped at the entrance of
Agriprocessors. Rabbi Harold
Kravitz of Minneapolis stilled
the crowd as he spoke of the
need for the ethical treatment
of workers and the need for
immigration reform.
He said, “The Jews that
are here today are here be-cause
we care about the ter-rible
state of the immigration
system here in America and
the need to treat people fair-ly.”
While Rabbi Kravitz
spoke to the hundreds of
walkers, Getzel Rubashkin,
son of former plant CEO Sho-lom
Rubashkin, visited with
several reporters at the en-trance
to the plant. Although
he said he was not speaking
for the company, Rubashkin
said the plant cares about its
workers and does not treat its
workers inhumanly. He also
said the illegal immigrants
deceived management with
forged documents.
Following the stop at
Agriprocessors, the marchers
walked through downtown
Postville before returning
to Williams Street in front
of St. Bridget’s. A group of
between 100-200 protesters
shouted from the sidewalk as
the walkers passed by. They
waved fl ags and shouted “Go
Home!” Their signs, which
targeted the Postville resi-dents
arrested during the raid,
said things such as “Save the
American Worker.” One pro-tester’s
sign said, “Impeach
Bush.” One woman, who said
she was from Chicago, was
dressed like the Statue of Lib-erty,
said she thought all im-migrants
should gain access
to America legally.
Postville police, Monona
Police, Allamakee and Clay-ton
County Sheriff’s depart-ments,
along with the Iowa
State Troopers, kept the
marchers and protesters sepa-rated
throughout the march.
At the Conclusion of the
walk/rally several participants
addressed the crowd until a
thunder storm and heavy rain
sent the crowd scurrying for
shelter.
Postville Mayor Rob-ert
Penrod, one of the last to
speak, told those present the
community is committed to
immigration reform and it is
his hope to bring a peaceful
solution to the problem. He
said the children are a vital
part of our school system and
it is his hope that the families
will be reunited.

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What’s
happening in
and around
Postville.......
Heritage Hills
Music Fest is
rescheduled
The Heritage Hills
Christian Music Fest at
Heritage Farm Park in Cler-mont,
IA has been resched-uled
for the weekend of
September 27th. Because
of ongoing efforts through-out
all Eastern Iowa com-munities
in the flood re-covery,
especially the many
youth groups involved with
the clean up, Heritage Farm
Park and the promotions
company has determined
that it would be prudent to
move the festival to new
dates, later in the season.
Every community in East-ern
Iowa has been directly
or indirectly impacted by
the major natural disaster of
flooding this Summer. In
September all college stu-dents
will be back, all High
Schools will be reopened
and there will be a focused
effort to have a renewed
festival. The artists sched-ule
may change slightly.
Please visit the web site at
www.heritagehillschristian-musicfest.
com for updates.
Time to
register
Registration will be
held at Postville Commu-nity
Schools August 12 and
13 from 1-7 p.m. in the
All-Purpose room of Cora
B. Darling School for all
students in grades K-12.
FreedomClub
The FreedomClub so-cial
gathering coffee will be
held at Montauk Thursday,
August 7 from 9-11 a.m.
The deadline to sign-up is
August 5.
Darren Kraus,
right, traveled to
Europe with the
NICC judging
team. See story on
pages one and two.
NICC Dairy Judging team travels to
Scotland for competition there
The Dairy Judging Team
from Northeast Iowa Com-munity
College, of which
Postville’s Darren Kraus is
a member, had an extreme
honor this summer when they
were invited to compete at the
Royal Highland Show, an in-ternational
livestock and agri-culture
show in Scotland.
Other team members are
Megan Kregel of Guttenberg
and Hannah Gesing of Wau-kon.
Adam Knegendorf of
Spring Valley, Wisc. was the
fourth member of the team
but he was unable to make
the trip. Chaperones were
Gary and Darlene Kregel of
Guttenberg.
The invitation came as
a result of placing third last
October at the World Dairy
Expo in Madison, Wisc.
The NICC group, along
with the team from South
Winneshiek High School,
who were also competing,
from Minneapolis, Minn. to
Newark, New Jersey. In New
Jersey they met up with other
livestock teams and they all
flew together on the seven
hour flight to Glasgow, Scot-land.
The team from NICC
judged cattle shown by the
Young Farmers, a group simi-lar
to FFA (Future Farmers of
America) here in the United
States. There were teams
from all over the country,
which included FFA, 4-H and
college students. The judging
took place in outside rings at
the grounds in Glasgow. All
judges were required to wear
white lab coats. Kraus, Kre-gel
and Gesing judged four
classes, gave two sets of rea-sons
and placed fifth overall.
After three educational
and touring days in Scotland,
the group went to Coventry,
England for one night and
London, England for two
nights. They traveled from
London to Paris on the Eu-rostar
“chunnel” train, which
goes under the English Chan-nel
between England and
France. The train, Darren
said, travels at a steady 180
miles per hour. The group
spent two nights in Paris af-ter
which they journeyed to
Luxembourg where the stu-dents
stayed with a host fam-ily
for two nights. Kraus said,
“It was interesting staying at
the farms and while in Lux-embourg,
we got to meet the
Grand-Duc of Luxembourg
(head of state). Each team
presented the Grand-Duc
with a gift that represented
their state.”
The final two nights were
The Postville Childcare
Center has chosen to par-ticipate
in the Quality Rating
System, a voluntary program
that offers providers a guided
way to improve the quality
of childcare being provided.
The QRS was developed to
raise the quality of care in
Iowa, increase the number of
children in high-quality child
care settings and to educate
parents about quality in child
care.
According to director
Katie Hageman, The Cen-ter
in Postville has chosen
to participate in the Quality
Rating System because they
are committed to providing
children in the community
and surrounding areas with
quality child care. By partici-pating
in the QRS, Hageman
said, they will continue to
work toward improving the
quality of care they are able
to provide. A QRS rating, she
added, is in effect for two
years. At the end of the two-year
period, the program will
need to reapply and receive a
new rating.
With each level the Center
achieves, they are increasing
professional development, as
well as attention to environ-ment,
health and safety, and
family and community part-nerships.
The Postville Cen-ter
is currently at a level two
and intend to work toward
applying for a level three
within the next 18 months.
Hageman said, “Each step we
take on the QRS is a testimo-
Postville Childcare Center participates
in quality rating system (QRS)
nial to the wonderful, caring
staff that we have at the Cen-ter.
They deserve a ‘pat on the
back’ for the great things they
do daily.”
Hageman added that resi-dents
and especially families
with young children are in-vited
to come visit the center
at any time to see what they
have to offer.
She said, “We want peo-ple
to know what we are do-ing
at the Center. Stop in and
check us out. We currently
have some openings so feel
free to stop by and check us
out. The children here have
a wide variety of activities to
participate in while they learn
and play in an educational en-vironment.”
Pictured above with the
QRS certificate are Hageman
and assistant director Mindy
Buchheit.
At approximately 2:50 a.m. Thursday
morning, the Allamakee County Communica-tions
Center received a 911 call in Postville
regarding a stabbing at a residence in down-town
Postville. Following the call, Allama-kee
County law enforcement and emergency
personnel were dispatched to 101 E. Tilden
Street.
Upon arrival, law enforcement found Ir-ving
Villarreal, 19, of Postville suffering from
what appeared to be a non-life threatening stab
wound. Villarreal was treated and released at
an area hospital.
However, residents who had congregated
near the scene of the stabbing, told law en-forcement
officers that there was another vic-tim
located in the back of the residence at 242
North Lawler. The second victim, Ricardo
Salinas, 37, was discovered at the residence
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An Allamakee County Deputy sits outside the apartment building on Lawler
Street where two men were stabbed early last Thursday morning.
with what appeared to be a single stab wound.
Salinas was transported to an area hospital
where he was later air lifted to Gundersen
Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisc. Salinas
was listed in fair condition late last week.
Postville Police are looking for a suspect
in the case, Norberto Luna, 47. Luna was
thought to have been driving a green early
1990’s model Ford Aerostar van when he left
the scene. The Illinois license plate number is
9465817.
The three men, Chief Halse said, are ac-quaintances,
who work in Postville, but are
not residents.
Special agents with the Iowa Division of
Criminal Investigation and deputies with the
Allamakee County Sheriff’s office assisted
the Postville Police Department with the in-vestigation
which is still ongoing.
Marchers walk for immigration
reform during Sunday’s rally
A call for immigration re-form,
in the form of a prayer
service and peace walk,
brought an estimated 1,500
to 1,700 people to Postville
Sunday afternoon. Prior to
the walk a standing room
only crowd gathered inside
St. Bridget’s Catholic church
where an ecumenical service
of peace was held. Sister
Mary McCauley of the parish
said the peace walk was being
held as a call for immigration
reform after the May 12 raid
at Agriprocessors. She said,
“We are standing together in
solidarity for those who were
taken from us during the
raid.”
McCauley said the pur-pose
of the march was to call
attention to just labor prac-tices,
with no more raids that
destroy families and destroy
small towns like Postville.
She also said, “Our im-migrant
families are living in
fear. They come to the church
for help and we need to send
a message to the rest of the
country.”
During the prayer service
people worshiped and prayed
together in English, Span-ish
and Hebrew. Among the
participants were Rabbi Rob-ert
Marx, Jewish Council on
Urban Affairs, Chicago; Pas-tor
Mark Anderson, Assistant
to the Bishop, Northeastern
Iowa Lutheran Synod; Jerome
Hanus, OSB Archbishop of
Dubuque; Pastor Steve Brack-ett,
St. Paul Lutheran Church;
Pastor Paul Ouderkirk, retired
Pastor at St. Bridget Catholic
Church; Paul Rael, director of
Hispanic Ministry, St. Bridget
Parish.
Rabbi Marx, speaking
to the worshipers inside the
church and those listening
on the lawn and in the street
said, “We are people of all
faiths who have noble inten-tions;
but, we must do more
than simply gather her and
say that we are the righteous.
We must become righteous
and demand of our country
that the dreams are fulfilled.”
Pastor Mark Anderson
said, “We need to change the
laws so it helps all workers.
People should not have to
chose between what is legal
and what is righteous.”
Two men stabbed; suspect at large
Walkers display their larger than life sign that states their opposition to HR
4437 during the rally Sunday.
Daycare children spend a day on Meyer farm
Children of all ages, from toddlers to middle schoolers, were treated to a “day on the farm”
last Friday thanks to Eric and Tina Meyer and their children Connor and Emily. Tina said,
‘We saw how excited the children were when I took a small farm animal to the Center earlier
this year and decided it would be fun to show the kids country living. During the day the kids
heard stories about farm safety, as pictured above, saw many different farm animals, rode in a
tractorcade, met Dairy and Pork royalty, made pudding, and enjoyed a picnic on the lawn. Help-ing
with the event were members of the Postville FFA, Advisor Nick Zuercher, family, friends
and neighbors of the Meyers. Everyone in attendance agreed it was great fun and the hands-on
learning for the kids was super. The Meyers are to be commended for hosting the group of over
50 kids and showing them true country living at its best.
Immigrants meet with U. S. congressmen Saturday
Democratic United States
Representatives Luis Guti-errez,
Illinois; Albio Sires,
New Jersey and Joe Baca,
California, all members of
the Congressional Hispanic
Caucus, were in Postville
Saturday to visit with immi-grants
who have been deeply
impacted by the May 12 raid
at Agriprocessors.
The children told about
fearing for their lives and be-ing
cared for at the church
while their parents were being
taken to area jails throughout
the state. Many of the women
in attendance at the infor-mal
meeting were wearing
ankle bracelets, as they, too,
were arrested but were later
released to care for the chil-dren.
The trio of congressman
were in agreement that those
arrested and detained should
have been protected by the
American Democracy.
They vowed to do what
they could to help those af-fected
by the raid. All in at-tendance
agreed those arrest-ed
should have been granted
immigration attorneys.
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Tieskoetter inducted into honor society
Kayla Tieskoetter, daughter of Randy and Kim Tieskoetter
of Ossian, was inducted into the Delta Epsilon Sigma National
Honor Society and was also announced as a fi nalist for the psy-chology
service award during St. Ambrose University’s annual
student awards night. Tieskoetter graduated this spring with a
bachelors degree in psychology, and is currently enrolled in
the St. Ambrose Master of Occupation Therapy program.
Locals named to Loras’ dean’s list
Local students attending Loras College were recently
named to the spring 2008 dean’s list. Kari Gossling and Krys-tel
Holthaus, both of Ossian, earned the honor.
Area students named to dean’s lists
Cassandra Franzen and Amber Uhlenhake, both of Ossian,
were named to the Kirkwood College dean’s list for the spring
2008 semester. Students must achieve a 3.3 grade point aver-age
or higher.
Mount Mercy College has released their spring 2008
dean’s list. Earning a 3.5 grade point average or better was
April Hageman, daughter of Alvin and Debra Hageman, and
Mikael DeVilbiss, son of Gary and Diane DeVilbiss.
St. Ambrose University also released their spring 2008
dean’s list. Local students included on the list were Mitchell
Nesvik and Kayla Tieskoetter. Both achieved the honor by
earning a 3.5 or better grade point average.
Jamie Burch of Ossian was named to the dean’s list at
Drake University for the 2008 spring semester. Burch achieved
the honor by earning a 3.5 or better grade point average.
Burch accepted to nursing school
Allison Burch of Ossian has been accepted into the practi-cal/
associate nursing program at NICC in Calmar.
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Summer rec
pool party
Summer rec partici-pants
and the parents
celebrated the end of the
2008 season with a sup-per
and pool party at
Lull’s Park on Tuesday,
July 22. About 150 peo-ple
showed up to enjoy
the evening.
Allamakee Dems and candidates meet
The Allamakee County
Democratic Central Commit-tee
met on Thursday, July 17,
at Gus & Tony’s Restaurant in
Waukon. Chair Karen Pratte.
Central Committee members
and guests welcomed the
2008 Candidates Mary Jo
Wilhelm (State Senate), John
Beard (State Representative),
and Colleen Gragg (Allama-kee
Auditor). Dennis Paul,
Candidate for Allamakee
Supervisor, was unable to at-tend.
News included a word
from the Candidates. Mary Jo
Wilhelm answered questions
from the group about high
gas prices and a fl oundering
economy. John Beard said
he is striving to cut waste in
government and discussed
his support for small busi-nesses,
family farms and en-ergy
conservation. Beard and
Wilhelm have their headquar-ters
located in Decorah at the
Old Armory Building at Me-chanic
and Water Streets.
Colleen Gragg, Candidate
for Allamakee County Audi-tor,
spoke about being born,
raised, and educated in Alla-makee
County. Her maiden
name is Wacker, and she has
lived most of her life in Alla-makee.
She is honored to be a
candidate and if elected, will
represent everyone.
New business included
news that the Iowa Demo-cratic
Veterans are trying to
help Iraq and Afghan War
Veterans with brain injuries.
Gov. Culver and the Demo-cratically
controlled legis-lature
passed a bill to fund
the Veterans’ Trust Fund. For
twenty years the Republican
failed to provide this fund-ing.
Agenda included thanks
to those who volunteered on
May 18 for the Candidates’
Forum; those who marched
in the Memorial Day Parade,
and to the fi ve delegates who
attended the State Democrat-ic
Convention.
In conclusion, a fall fund-raising
Democratic event is
being planned.
Those calling for immi-gration
reform came to Post-ville
from as far away as New
York, New Jersey and Texas
and many more groups were
from other states throughout
the Midwest including Min-nesota,
Illinois and Wiscon-sin.
Several hundred of the
walkers were Jewish people
who wanted to demonstrate
their disapproval of the hap-penings
at Agriprocessors.
The march began as those
attending the prayer service
chanted “Give us courage.
Give us hope. Give us love.”
Other chants heard through-out
the two-mile walk, both
in English and Spanish, in-cluded
“People united cannot
be defeated” and “Yes, we
can.”
At times the air seemed
almost festive and several ob-servers
noted the atmosphere
was reminiscent of the “Taste
of Postville” celebrations of
years gone by.
The majority of people
walking, ranging in ages from
babies in strollers to octoge-narians
using canes and walk-ers,
carried placards calling
for immigration reform within
the federal government. Say-ings
on the placards included
“Love thy neighbor”, “Build
sense, not fences.”
Walkers proceeded from
the parish down Williams
Street to West Street where
they stopped at the entrance of
Agriprocessors. Rabbi Harold
Kravitz of Minneapolis stilled
the crowd as he spoke of the
need for the ethical treatment
of workers and the need for
immigration reform.
He said, “The Jews that
are here today are here be-cause
we care about the ter-rible
state of the immigration
system here in America and
the need to treat people fair-ly.”
While Rabbi Kravitz
spoke to the hundreds of
walkers, Getzel Rubashkin,
son of former plant CEO Sho-lom
Rubashkin, visited with
several reporters at the en-trance
to the plant. Although
he said he was not speaking
for the company, Rubashkin
said the plant cares about its
workers and does not treat its
workers inhumanly. He also
said the illegal immigrants
deceived management with
forged documents.
Following the stop at
Agriprocessors, the marchers
walked through downtown
Postville before returning
to Williams Street in front
of St. Bridget’s. A group of
between 100-200 protesters
shouted from the sidewalk as
the walkers passed by. They
waved fl ags and shouted “Go
Home!” Their signs, which
targeted the Postville resi-dents
arrested during the raid,
said things such as “Save the
American Worker.” One pro-tester’s
sign said, “Impeach
Bush.” One woman, who said
she was from Chicago, was
dressed like the Statue of Lib-erty,
said she thought all im-migrants
should gain access
to America legally.
Postville police, Monona
Police, Allamakee and Clay-ton
County Sheriff’s depart-ments,
along with the Iowa
State Troopers, kept the
marchers and protesters sepa-rated
throughout the march.
At the Conclusion of the
walk/rally several participants
addressed the crowd until a
thunder storm and heavy rain
sent the crowd scurrying for
shelter.
Postville Mayor Rob-ert
Penrod, one of the last to
speak, told those present the
community is committed to
immigration reform and it is
his hope to bring a peaceful
solution to the problem. He
said the children are a vital
part of our school system and
it is his hope that the families
will be reunited.